CVE-2010-0542

The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter
subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values of
certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption) or
possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

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Assigned (20100203)

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